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Level1Coder
Level1Coder

Reputation: 491

How to exit powershell script if window name exists?

I can get a list of current open windows like this:

Get-Process | where {$_.mainWindowTitle} | format-table mainWindowTitle

How do I write proper syntax to loop and check if Window Name exists and then exit?

Below is the logic I would like to execute:

# BASIC-esque CONDITIONAL LOGIC
# FILENAME: CheckWindowName.ps1

Get-Process | where {$_.mainWindowTitle} | format-table mainWindowTitle

# LOOP START - Loop through $_.mainWindowTitle / mainWindowTitle

If $_.mainWindowTitle CONTAINS "*notepad*" Then
    Exit #break script
Else
    Echo "Hello World! There are no instances of notepad open"
End If

# LOOP END

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3386

Answers (2)

user3788641
user3788641

Reputation: 11

Try to use -like instead of contains. It worked for me.

Below is the example:

PS C:\windows\system32> Get-Process | where {$_.mainWindowTitle -like "notepad" }

Handles NPM(K) PM(K) WS(K) VM(M) CPU(s) Id ProcessName ------- ------ ----- ----- ----- ------ -- ----------- 71 7 1516 6760 95 0.23 6328 notepad 71 7 1516 6676 95 0.11 7212 notepad 68 7 1472 2808 94 8.14 7364 notepad 73 7 1540 1568 95 0.48 8640 notepad 74 8 1820 1672 160 9.41 8884 notepad

Upvotes: 1

Jon Tirjan
Jon Tirjan

Reputation: 3694

Get-Process | where {$_.mainWindowTitle} | ForEach {
    #iterates through processes here. each one can be referenced by $_
}

A basic introduction into how ForEach-Object works can be found on TechNet

Upvotes: 2

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